Obituaries

Jun 28, 2011

Garret Sebastian Phillips, 18, of Newberry, died Sunday, June 26, 2011.

He was a 2011 honor graduate of Newberry High School and was in the All State and Regional band. He was a member of the youth orchestra of the Low Country where he played the upright bass for six years. He played the guitar...

Jun 28, 2011

Charles Richard Hartman, 64, of Prosperity, died Monday, June 27, 2011, at Lexington Medical Center.

Born on January 12, 1947, in Newberry, he was a son of the late Charles H. and Ellen Lee Hartman. Mr. Hartman was retired from Coca Cola Consolidated after forty-four years. He was a lifelong member of Grace Lutheran Church....

Jun 28, 2011

John Franklin Derrick, 77, of Newberry, died Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at White Oak Manor.

Mr. Derrick was born on September 10, 1933, he was a lifelong resident of Newberry County and the youngest son of Mays Pressley and Effie Shealy Derrick. He was a graduate of Silverstreet High School class of 1952 and the...

Jun 27, 2011

Emma Louise Byers Mack, 80, of Newberry, widow of Richard Mack, died Monday, June 27, 2011, at her residence.

Born on October 6, 1930, in Greenville, she was a daughter of the late Carl B. and Clovia Cooper Byers. She was retired from J.B. Stevens Company and was a member of West End Baptist Church....

Jun 24, 2011

Junius Gilbert Long, 88, of Pomaria, died Friday, June 24, 2011, at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on May 4, 1923, in Pomaria, he was a son of the late Junius G. and Anna Bundrick Long. He was an Army veteran of World War II and retired after 30 years from Fort Jackson. Mr. Long was...

Jun 24, 2011

Patsy Mitchell Hamm, 82, of Prosperity, widow of Jeff A. “Bud” Hamm, Jr., died Friday, June 24, 2011, at Springfield Place.

Born on November 6, 1928, in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Morris and Inez Lewis Mitchell. Mrs. Hamm was retired from Whitten Center and later worked for the Newberry County Council...

Jun 22, 2011

Kenneth G. "Ken" Zueger, 59, of Savannah, Georgia, died Saturday, March 19, 2011, at Hospice Savannah after a long illness.

Ken was born in Bismark, North Dakota on February 10, 1952. He has lived in Savannah for the past thirty years. Ken served his country in the United States Marine Corps and was a sheet...

Jun 20, 2011

Judith “Judy” Aull Bohan, 67, of West Columbia, passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2011.

Born in Newberry, she was the daughter of Cynthia Aull and the late Samuel Julius Aull, Sr. She was a 1962 graduate of Mid Carolina High School and a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church. She worked at Allied Chemical, John...

Jun 15, 2011

James Cochran Suber of 6163 Jalapa Road, Kinards, S.C. passed away June 15, 2011. Mr. Suber, born August 27, 1930, was the son of the late John Robert and Mildred Cochran Suber of Whitmire, S.C. He was a graduate of Wofford College and a member of the Wofford Terriers Baseball team. He received his ROTC commission at Wofford and...

Jun 10, 2011

Tommy Lee Metts, 79, of Little Mountain, died Thursday, June 9, 2011.

Born on June 20, 1931, in Little Mountain, he was a son of the late Callie Bembridge and Ara Cannon Metts. Mr. Metts was a retired U.S. Army veteran who served in Korea and was a member of the National Guard. He was...

Jun 8, 2011

Myrtle K. Shealy, 92, of Little Mountain, widow of Jacob L. Shealy, Sr., departed this earthly life on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 to be with her Lord and Savior. Born in Gilbert, S.C., she was the daughter of the late Jesse M. and Bessie McCartha Keisler. She was a “Volunteer for God”, for many years visiting nursing homes, hospitals,...

Jun 7, 2011

Cora Inez “Nezi” Culclasure Davis, 93, died at her home on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. She was the wife of the late John Robert “Bill” Davis.

Born on September 30, 1917, in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Louis and Lee Cora Rivers Culclasure. Mrs. Davis was a member of Summer Memorial Lutheran...

Jun 3, 2011

David Burgess Wardlaw, Sr., 76, of Newberry, died Thursday, June 2, 2011, at Providence Hospital.

Born on October 16, 1934, in McCormick, he was a son of the late David Morrah and Florence Burgess Wardlaw. He was a member of Epting Memorial United Methodist Church. Mr. Wardlaw served in the S.C. National Guard and retired...

May 30, 2011

Redick Truesdell Gaskin, 78, of Newberry, died Sunday, May 29, 2011, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on August 29, 1932, in McBee, he was a son of the late Hugh Boyd and Sally Viola Stevens Gaskin. Mr. Gaskin was a former resident of Clinton and Lake Murray. He had worked at Joanna Cotton Mill...

May 30, 2011

Geneva Harmon Wall, 85, of Newberry, widow of Melton L. Wall, died Monday, May 30, 2011, at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Born on November 7, 1925, in Prosperity, she was a daughter of the late Frank Simpson and Barnette Bedenbaugh Harmon. She was retired from the Newberry Electric Co-Op. Mrs. Wall was a member of...

May 28, 2011

Maggie Lee Davis, widow of the late John Will Davis, of Newberry, passed away Friday, May 27th, exactly 39 years to the date of her mother, Josie Franklin who died on May 27th, 1972. Funeral Services will be conducted 4:00 PM, Sunday, May 29th at Faith Lutheran Church, Wilson Road, Newberry with visitation at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home prior to...

May 27, 2011

Marcia Parkes Coggins, 86, of Newberry, widow of James Francis Coggins, died Friday, May 27, 2011, at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Born on June 20, 1924, in Sydney, Australia, she was a daughter of the late Donnezetti B. Parkes and Sarah Svenson Parkes. Mrs. Coggins was educated in Sydney Australia and attended Anderson College. She...

May 22, 2011

Mary Lou Wicker Griffin, 80, of Newberry, widow of William Dudley Griffin, died Sunday, May 22, 2011, at Richland Heart Hospital.

Born on December 24, 1930, in Pomaria, she was a daughter of the late Daniel Colie and Mattie Mae Crumpton Wicker. She was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.

Surviving are...

May 22, 2011

Leland E. “Lee” Gifford, 79, of Newberry died Saturday, May 21, 2011 at his residence.

Born on August 27, 1931, in Oxford, Arkansas, he was a son of the late Joel Thomas and Leona Dawn Campbell Gifford. He was a United States Navy Veteran of the Korean Conflict, serving on the U.S.S. Thompson. He retired...

May 21, 2011

Robert Coleman Cheatham, 66, of Moncks Corner, died Saturday, May 21, 2011, at Hospice of Charleston.

Born on January 14, 1945, in Whitmire, he was a son of Alice Vinson Stanley and the late William Davis Cheatham. He was an Army veteran who served in Korea. Mr. Cheatham was retired from Showa Denko Carbon of...